And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

And I set myself apart on their behalf, so that they too may be truly set apart.

For since I am free from all I can make myself a slave to all, in order to gain even more people.

But if I build up again those things I once destroyed, I demonstrate that I am one who breaks God’s law.

That is why I did not presume to come to you. Instead, say the word, and my servant must be healed.

“Regarding all the things I have been accused of by the Jews, King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate that I am about to make my defense before you today,

So for me, it is a minor matter that I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you free of charge?

Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself to have attained this. Instead I am single-minded: Forgetting the things that are behind and reaching out for the things that are ahead,

I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.

And if I go and make ready a place for you, I will come again and take you to be with me, so that where I am you may be too.

I wish that everyone was as I am. But each has his own gift from God, one this way, another that.

For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, ‘Go’ and he goes, and to another ‘Come’ and he comes, and to my slave ‘Do this’ and he does it.”

For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me. I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory is worthless. The one who glorifies me is my Father, about whom you people say, ‘He is our God.’

The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him.”

I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn “not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

When I was with you and was in need, I was not a burden to anyone, for the brothers who came from Macedonia fully supplied my needs. I kept myself from being a burden to you in any way, and will continue to do so.